Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Inset titled "Profil du Chemin de Carthagene des Indes au Plateau de Santa Fe de Bogata," which is a profile of the valley of the Magdalena River and the subsequent topography rising up to Bogata,...
Relief shown pictorially. Color outline. Shows coast of western North America from northern Mexico north to Bering Strait. Inset shows western North America including Bering Strait and Arctic coast. At upper right: "Suppl. 4e carte." At...
Title taken from caption (lower right). Photo of a "SOUVENIR OF ALASKA'S FIRST AIRMAIL FLIGHT FAIRBANKS TO JUNEAU 8, 1938" (lower-left caption). Also on the front of the image is a caption (upper right) that reads "MALEMUTE MAIL EXPRESS SAYS...
Title taken from front. View of barge being pulled out to sea, with people standing aboard. 1900-1901. Photographer: W. C. Fitchie. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6 1/2".
This series of menus was used by the Alaska Steamship Company for a cruise up the Inside Passage. This one shows a two-color print of tourists on the streets of an Alaskan village, probably Sitka, beneath the mountains and a Russian church. They...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...